AC Transit to Cannibalize BRT Program to Keep the Lights On

In an AC Transit News Brief received today, the agency announced consideration of a plan to shift roughly $80 million of BRT funding to prevent laying-off more than 100 bus drivers and mechanics and avoid half of the planned service cuts. The action would reduce funding for the BRT project from $235 million to roughly [...]

AC Transit Deficit will Result in the Reduction of Services

By Erica Madison
AC Transit’s $57 million deficit has resulted in their decision to cut transit service by 15 percent in the Bay Area, including the City of Alameda.